Troy and Gabriella are very much like real high school kids. It's what high school romance should be like â€” not too lustful. I've always said that Troy and Gabriella were best friends before being boyfriend and girlfriend.

I would love to just sit down and talk with Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp and pick their brains about their early careers. You have to have good foresight and be really careful. If you don't adapt and learn at a very young age, you can really mess up.

We went all through Europe and were meeting so many fans, kids who were very excited to tell us how much High School Musical had influenced their lives and how much they had connected with it. That was something none of us expected.

Everything's been stepped up a few notches, all the dances, and I think the songs are pretty catchy this time around. And it's our senior year, so we've got graduation and prom to look forward to. All fun things to have in a movie.